John Sloss Hobart

John Sloss Hobart (6 May 1738-4 February 1805) was a US Senator from New York from 11 January to 16 April 1798, succeeding Philip Schuyler and preceding William North. He was a member of the Federalist Party.

Biography
John Sloss Hobart was born in Fairfield, Connecticut in 1738, and he graduated from Yale College before becoming a lawyer in New York. He served as a delegate to the New York Provincial Congress from 1775 to 1777, and he was a justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1777 to 1798. In 1798, he became a US Senator after Philip Schuyler's resignation due to health reasons, but Hobart himself resigned to accept President John Adams' offer of making him a federal judge. Hobart served as a judge until his death in 1805.